Thanks for the recommendation. I have been using a password manager for over 10 years now and was thinking it was time to upgrade to a more compatible one.  I also just read this article that recommended your pick as well. Here is the link for anyone considering a PM: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-password-managers/

LastPass is pretty good. I haven't been a big fan of cloud services though. I personally use Keepass which works on Android, Mac, Windows and Linux. I enter all passwords into Keepass on my Android device first, then copy the 'keepass.kdb' to my other devices.  Since I usually have my phone where ever I go, I just open up keepass droid and enter in my password manually if needed on a device that I don't own. A little extra step, but a hell of a lot more secure.

If I may ask, as I am fairly new and don't know where else to ask.

I keep reading about how important the password is, but I see a number of passwords in the wallet. Are we talking about the auto-generated password given to us when we first register? I'm not clear as to what the other passwords are for.

Just to be certain, I printed them from a screen capture and have also enclosed them within an encrypted file and given it to my brother and my best friend. Luckily, not only do I trust them, but I also want them to take it over should/when I die. Still, if the encryption is strong, leave a file with whoever is going to inherit your steemit account and enter the encryption password in your will. That way, nobody reads it until after you have konked out (even your attorney and witnesses do not read what you write, they only sign that they saw you sign).

I hope this added to the ways everyone has for protecting themselves.

*(Ignore me I'm a tool)*

Sad news for sure. Thank you for your concern@hilarski. Revealing a solution and the on going discussion brings some needed awareness to the posabilties of prevention. Boost: upvote and resteem

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Thanks for your valuable advice, looking for a place to store my passwords.

For the security-paranoid like myself you can also secure your LastPass with a Yubikey. You can even use multiple Yubikeys so if you lose one or your house burns down, you have another elsewhere. The key alone does not grant you access to the passwords, you have to use it in combination with a password.

You need a premium subscription but it's ridiculously cheap.

IMO Steemit.com should do an integration with LastPass. Get every user using LastPass *by default*. The even more security paranoid could still use other options if they want to.

Wow... that super sucks for Holger; hate to see something like that happen. I've always felt hesitant about cloud-base password keepers... a bit of the old *"every time we make something idiot-proof they build a better idiot"* paranoia... these things are allegedly hacker proof, *until* a better hacker comes along. But the alternative isn't so great either. 

It this point, my backup password files are on thumb drives in three different physical locations. But it still makes me nervous...

Very sorry to hear about his home. Please send him my best.
Do you use the free or premium last pass?

Fantastic. I use over 85 different passwords and so far I have been using a very complex password manager. This is better. Switching now... Thank you very much.

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This would have been helpful when I lost my password. Poor guy.

wow. Im so sorry that happened. Thats freaking sad. I feel so bad. I wish he couldve had a backup option before that happened. Ill pray for his health, wealth, and being. I hope everything works out for him. Good luck and Ill be praying.

I lost my password on the 23 rd of December 2016.  They broke in and stole my PC.  I cried for days.  I cried more about my password than about my laptop or tablet and phone that was stolen.  I had to do a remote clean from a different computer and eventually after 5 days I was able to retrieve my password from a google backup I made previously.  Just don't ask me what I did because I do not use the save password on my google account.  I was just glad to be back!

Thank you share this post. You give a chance for me to do good thing. I have upvoted this post with 100 weight power. I also sad about Holgers house. I hope he can face this incident.

Very sorry to hear about this tragic story, always keep your secret key at different places. Centralization is always vulnerable to this kind of instances.

Hey guys, this is Holger. You guys are amazing, I am so thankful for your solicitiousness, participation, comments and resteems. Me and my family are good, except we've lost nearly everything, except our lives, which is the most precious and only important thing. I can build up a new steemit account and start again, only that all my pictures, poems, notes and writings are gone. But still have my pocket cam for future work, isn't that great?! 
Please resteem this post and **[subscribe to my new account](https://steemit.com/@holgerwerner)**. I have only bad internet access but I will do my best to write a new introduction post in a short while. 
### This was my last post as holgermarkgraf:
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# Holger

I've been using the "Vault" feature offered on Norton Security firewall products.  It does store them in the cloud with just your one Vault password to access, but also automatically fills in all of your logins for you if you want it to.